Our town's railway line has a Saturdays only passenger service - always operated by diesel multiple units (one- or two-car with no loco at the front).
However, a heritage diesel of the 1960s will be hauling the special train on Saturday, January 23.
It will be a Class 37, of a type commonly seen in Brigg four or five decades ago. This Co-Co wheel arrangement loco will be working in tandem with a Class 47 (Brush Type 4, also from the 1960s) OR a more modern Class 57.
The train will be setting off from Lancashire and is to visit West Burton Power Station, Gainsborough, Barnetby, Brocklesby and Cleethorpes.
It will be called the Ermintrude, Dougal and Florence Tracker.
Clearly, the train fans who are paying between £85 and £115 for a ticket to ride round our area's tracks will see this as a Magic Roundabout tour!
The tour will see a donation made to Marie Curie Cancer Care. We hope to Brigg you the timings at a later date, for the benefit of those wishing to take a look as it comes through.
Brigg Blog's thanks are extended to Paul Johnson, of the Friends of the Brigg & Lincoln Lines, for the tip-off about this unusual visitor to our railway network.
Special excursions to Brigg in the past decade or so have seen three hauled by steam traction - a Black Five 4-6-0, a B1 4-6-0 and a V2 2-6-2.
There was also a memorable occasion when a mighty Deltic diesel came along the Brigg line.
View full details of January's tour here...
Our picture above shows the preserved B1 steam loco heading over the Cadney Road bridge, in Brigg, with a trainspotters' special. We waited a long time to get it, as the excursion experienced a number of delays. Well worth the chuffin' wait, though!
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